The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-09

A. I Is new, you have shsiIi 80 y slgteIi
HlafA.f ll,llls 4er financial nurn9ses r, y
49, ole mil AK for general fuild r ~
and one NH AZ for vs,, is ySuf Sehoois
AnoM nat one mil tan for t6e sel,,1i.
N'lsIly inadequate for the maintepa1es SP
RaoIER SCHOOL System,
s ms w are nl looking forward Il die i,,,.
Nitp ne i one mil FAX now given Ia M is,ita
plied To en- eYeieit school, N,.Stl " Ail2 AZ
@lAe VII De- most rapidly resei,e5 ,,,l,. ~
GOVERNOR ri his brains and eb,iifv - a II.
=. "a silall have devised plin sld = MI,
shah 81 fbe S ~ 1,,, ~ gov 9lcEnery. thai
w INTERCEPTED IN the leyess bFips, ~, =
5Llitutnee ~ bear upon tic T7pifa5 Efs3a.
~ ~ liiils.ilt e VIII secure ita taking nbarSs
people II tBs s NY isFes system ard relieve t6e
md thai the expenses Of t6e ststs lS evo, me
4gstiHt lhfG Doen reduced bv fhia ad,,,}, 49,
Sisli iIein 1850 oQo year 20 1880, 600 ~
iSteefs ma "A I'M Y, o9Q e yeaf. We ind that %
as23vy, ego acres Of land have BEEN 1.estS1sd
oltg Ditoed upon the assessment rolls -
- ~ " se heard great deal said afout tbe
military features Of this eaTppsign. i;,f ti,e,
Il one iittie idea that seems III NJ ~ NJ sllsie
tgf15sea #hen we are discussing tbe 0uesti0,,
~ E4s Aonfederhte soldier aad fhe fjoSfadi
Slegs t.5e5neralA Al whoever heard me oilif1e
" INC distinguished clfieftain Win IL
\ me opposition in this ea4GpaigO viii LsaS
Va i q the fact that have ever Fp9FeD
y LIN Wll4 unceeeing roa5ect T. ~ a Ci3T-
lSs'seiate hololerr who chershes the memoTieg
/ 81 Ihat service 70 which gave fonr N tjSe
peet years of my life. viii aiwevs be. gia5 " "
4 {oin and continue with my brOther-snIdi sTS
ln keeping bright the stars fiat Il tfs,.ai
S g }, oHr g5Senera!g bgt while there Is much
w w Y the Generals Of the service, there was
4 hflso something due TO tie privafes Who boTe
iii q neat and burdens IF the day. [Appiaase.
sstlis B i among The other public matt.
s sosl9ls q thls state there was one that was
Sioholls that did not escape the ATTENTION ~
samuel y ~ y. McEnefy, A law had been passed
/ y is true, but no life on yitaiity bad bSST,
Elge ven, e II. HremRined for Samuel b. Nc
BUILD Up THE SOLDIERS HOME
4 II New Orleans, where the erlpplea and die
alAed SQhfet lerate soldier could IND a regtf1I
peaeelul and comfortable home III Remained
" ZIG aaInlnlstratlon Of Samuel ID. McT6n-
slg " enact law that gaze 70 the crippled
passed away I60 acres Of land.
a haFs been asked as one who had some
tiills 70 90 with the events that led M to the
ptaelLlg Il X Cen FRANCIS J. Nichols Id ie POI
Il now 9bleot p again calling him 10 the Do
hneal Leadership Of this State. l more g6st
anything may say will not be construed ss
ll5a5.sl R "a have No feeling Of
gulhned gentleman but when / ana called
upon toehoosea political leader am invested
WIN my lbi6tyof citizenship and en-
g4siea Y ny opinion by right Of service rem
Aefea my party and my people. ] object to
INC DECLARATION made BY Gen. Nich0ljB n
1ST1 That be believed ia tho obGterAtion Oh
she color line IA the party politics Of this
other Inan who may become the Governor 81
this State should treat the eolorad man With
klndness, and luipartiality, aud with equal
lRsaa zee, such has been the course Of Samuel
" McEnery from the time that he came
INTO the gubernatorisl Office, but when
you ask me 70 accept the declaration 81
Zen. Nichols that the color line should BE
broken down M party politics, when
upon that depends the control Of the civ
1llzatlon and the intelligence of this State,
ne prosperity, aud itg advancement IN the
futnf9: when you ask me II adopt party
pr1neipie that would assist those who have
coTopetated With the Republican party here 1
after W mobilize and organize ia each one Of |
9he parishes IN this State and hold the bal |
ance q power over the Democratic party, You 1
SEX me 70 qo that Wnichl believe viii result |
IN very short time 10
pIsISTE0BATIlSG THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
and restoring in part the conditions from |
which have assisted 10 rescue this State.
4 viii illustrate by referring to the case |
Of What happened IN East Felciana the other |
day, While ! do not believe that the move !
Inent was insuguruted for Gen. Nicholis /
support there was o, rouHng mass meet /
ing composed Of eQl0red men who had /
never before voted the Democratic ticket /
and who had alWnyH voted for aud supported |
the Republican Nominees. They assembled /
and By resolution declared themselves Demo- l
Gratis. 3einQorNte with o proYisol Not Dem
ocrRts like y9uand me, Who are supporting the
platform OF 1884; not Democrats WHO Will
stand By the platforn Of 1898, but Demo-
oratR, with a proFiao. upon tho platform of
49, 8, aud Defnoer4tH, With q prOyigQ, as they
understand it, Of the hliteTatfon Of the col
Pr line; Democrats, with the proWso that
hey Will cast their VOTES aa an Organization
with that wing Of the Democratic party
y East Felioiana that viii give them q
ah. Take thab parish, and If II can be
ttvided abit Was The other day in o primary,
shefe only nfty-tWo votes controlled, 4
md allow that element Il, come into the
democratic ranks. then hundred oolored
men, or . hundred Republicans who would
leclarc themselves Democrats could come IN 4
nd Teyerse the viii Of the majority in that
lariHh. The result w1ll be thai where this
vii be but q few years before we win soc
iGa1n those people WHO are now living ln l
leece with the white people Of this State,
.gHip plunged Into strife, aud we Will have |
3tqte from the conditions brought about By
iLis ongrelizatioD Of cur politics, IL
j object 70 q political leader VINO will be 70 /
Vas il 1878. II 10 true that tile State gov
WaR redeemed in 1875, but you all /
lnoR that IN fifteen or sixteen parishes Of
hlh platt knoAE teAQeEb tnaS laA petn OK
lelled tromt ne state &oEernne took refuge
n the richest plriaheB Of this Stale and were I
Itih carrying on their rule Of apohatlon, IT
YAs in 1873 when
THOSE RAHfsNEs WE'RE BEDEEMED /,
md when at last tho Democratic nag Aoated
gere in position 70 align themselves with b
HE progressive development that the other
parishes had gone into 10 1877. beYentyor
Eighty .of the pest eitiiyene Of this State 4
n the city Of New Orleans, and one I
II the principal reasons and grounds
lpon which those arrests and those charges
md those perseeutlons were laa!igAretea, |
q the General Assembly Of this State CON j
leInning certain Of those citizens In adYaaCe
il trial Before they had an opportunity 70 be | ]
leard by a jury Of their GountrSlnen they {
Executive Of the State, the pQlItleal .leadsF /
II the Democratic party Hose eitizena /
we're dragged To the .Cltyof New QrleanA,
iorne blarnelass reputations an tho parishes I
n which they lived, plen whose very lives I
night 10 have eNQnerated them ifpm mat
-haree. II brought stigma upon the people {
d this State In tie estimation eI the people d
x the Northern States, and byey8ry hadl 1 /
IA IA the land the charge was taken up and 3
against the eitizepa WHO we're al h
from grand Juror of the City 81 1
IaW Orlsahg4Tgneo OF them Who tppnd the q
card, wliiah / have here III my
land. In which he stated thai be wae ehieiig {
ed to the course that he took In The mdiet- :
nent Of those citizens bs the message Of the (
lavernor IL tile Stats Ok LonisiaAe. Il
j DO not care " choose o pphtlesl ieaaer 4
sho will assail bis party az Gen; Nichols has I
one IN bile inaug ufal speech at HAeharle st9- d
ION. He declares against the party organ
zAtion. and the party naaI agemenl. anq tle q
ai'ty standardization, and the tone ~ the d
eFsy and the leaders Of the party, and he IN &
eisais aRaiIiat ITO General Assembly rs
ieneral Assembly that u my opinion passed \
aofe good Laws and fever baQ ones ~ lls 4
WI staAion thaD my General Assembly that y
Have Known ia tie histpryo i tne State.
j nave heard d great dhalQt tpaeliptlQn '
4 tftis eanipaigIi. But ! have not yet heard Il
4 answer u Tie charge that Ee have re- 4
eatefiiy made ot tse MOST &
DfREeF CASE Of PResrRffTiok q
3on tie part Of tho fallomers 81 Gen. &ich-
iig ~ 70 q distinguished citizen o. this 5tste
10 has liow passCd away, During leIg I
cais 81 public service aud ~ The greet oIiais
tls Fourteenth OF bapieinpeE 1874, 4
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